Armin FRAUSCHER

SWITCH TO DOUBLES
Competed in doubles at the 2010 Junior World Championships in Innsbruck, finishing 15th with Markus Treichl. Switched to singles the following season, with Treichl switching to bobsleigh. He returned to doubles for the 2019/20 season, partnering with Yannick Mueller who also made the switch from singles.

The pair finished third in their first Nations Cup race in Innsbruck, winning the Oberhof Nations Cup in late January. After one top-10 World Cup finish in their first season, the duo achieved the feat 10 times during 2020/21, including two podiums and a fourth-place.

BEIJING 2022
On 7 February 2022, Frauscher and Mueller crashed in training prior to the start of the doubles competition at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. Mueller suffered a compound fracture in his forearm, forcing the team to withdraw from the competition. (then24.com, 7 Feb 2022)

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YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES
Competed at the inaugural Youth Olympic Winter Games at Innsbruck (2012), winning bronze in the team relay with Miriam Kastlunger, Thomas Steu and Lorenz Koller. The team won bronze two weeks later at the Junior European Championships in Winterberg, finishing 0.038 seconds ahead of Slovakia.

WORLD CUP
Three career World Cup podiums, with his first in November 2015, finishing 0.006 seconds behind singles winner Dominik Fischnaller (ITA), during the season opener in Innsbruck, where he also finished a career-best fourth in the team relay.

Recorded two doubles podium finishes during the opening two stages of the 2020/21 season, finishing one place behind teammates Thomas Steu and Lorenz Koller on both occasions, with the German pair, Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken, also on the podium.

JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Two-time U23 World Championship medallist, winning singles silver in 2017 (Innsbruck), after claiming bronze the previous year, when he finished 0.014 seconds ahead of Riks Kristens Rozitis (LAT), and 0.044 seconds behind teammate David Gleirscher (AUT).

Junior European singles champion in 2014 (Sigulda), recording the fastest time in both runs. His victory doubled as his first Junior World Cup win (after two previous second-place finishes), and was the first in three consecutive Junior World Cup titles over a three week period.